#ambient music

Nashville Ambient Ensemble Embraces Space and Experimentation on Debut LP Cerulean

Founded by native Tennessean Michael Hix, who returned to Nashville in 2018 after honing his solo craft in New York's experimental music scene, the group rapidly expanded...

Cillea Houghton

HIGH NOTESMusic Can Completely Alter the Course of a Trip

I’m in a living room overlooking the water in Vinkeveen, The Netherlands, surrounded by a dozen people tripping on ayahuasca, when the ceremony’s leader approaches my bed. “This song is for you,” she says. “I’m being guided to come to you.” She sits down in front of me and looks into my eyes as...

Annie White

ONLY NOISEAural Anesthesia

Last year, before the presidential election tore through the fabric of reality like Dr. Who’s Tardis, a friend invited me to indulge in her Groupon – for a float. “Floating” aka “Flotation Therapy,” is a physically simple practice achieved by resting your naked self atop a highly concentrated...

Madison Bloom